H. W. Horning H. W. Horning i(8887188 works by)
Born: Established: 1862 Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Apr 1934 Collaroy, Northern Beaches area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 A 'Hell-ship' Voyage : 'Sydney-sider's' Memories of the Cutty Sark H. W. Horning , 1932 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 17 February 1932; (p. 10) Another account of Horning's time on the Cutty Sark during its 'hell-ship' voyage of 1881 to 1882.
1 Windjammer Days : A 'Sydneysider' at Sea II H. W. Horning , 1932 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 January no. 29351 1932; (p. 9)

The second part of Horning's memoirs of his sailing days, this time concentrating on his time on the Cutty Sark during her 'hell-ship' voyage in 1881 and 1882.
1 Windjammer Days : A 'Sydneysider' At Sea I H. W. Horning , 1932 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 January no. 29345 1932; (p. 7)

'Born in Cleveland-street, on the city side of Surry Hills, in January, 1862, I had an unadventurous boyhood until my father died when I had barely reached my 'teens. At 12 I was a fully-fledged oflice-boy in the office of Gedye and Mccrea, Customs agents. There I gained my first knowledge of ships and sailormen, and the longing for the sea was born.'

So begins Horning's account of his first sea voyage, when he was shipmates with Joseph Conrad.
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